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Ep279 – Why Men are Failing

  • January 20, 2025
  • Tagged as: Alcohol Abuse, Communication, Community, Death, Divorce, Drug Abuse, Health, Marriage, Mental Health, Public Policy, Suicide

The industrialized world is experiencing an epidemic of men who are unemployed or underemployed, not married or dating, living with their parents, and suffering deaths of despair. And the gender gap in higher education is…

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  • Alcohol
  • Health

Ep251 – Alcohol-Free Beverages and Culture with Billy Wynne

  • July 8, 2024
  • Tagged as: Community, Health, Mental Health, No Judgement, Public Policy, Safety

Billy Wynne is the co-founder of Awake, Denver’s first sober bar, alcohol-free bottle shop and coffee house. Billy joins Sheri and Matt to discuss the explosion of alcohol-free beers, wines and spirits. They discuss what…

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  • Addiction
  • Alcohol
  • Relationship
  • Sex

Ep168 – The Orgasm Gap and Addiction: Connecting the Dots

  • December 5, 2022
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Intimacy, Marriage, Mental Health, Public Policy, Recovery, Sex, Sobriety

The only thing Matt knew about a connection between orgasms and addiction when he was in active alcoholism was that he sure liked to have sex when he was drinking. But now he has done…

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  • Addiction
  • Alcohol
  • Family
  • Teens

Ep140 – Ending Our Societal Love Affair with Alcohol

  • May 23, 2022
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Drug Abuse, Family, Health, Kids, Mental Health, Public Policy, Teens

What are the most impactful steps we can take to decrease the massive amount of abusive drinking that is condoned in our culture? Prohibition didn’t work, but are there other legal, taxation, media/marketing or educational…

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  • Addiction
  • Alcohol
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Ep80 – Breaking the Cycle of Codependence with Jessica

  • March 29, 2021
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Marriage, Mental Health, Public Policy

As the daughter of an alcoholic, Jessica had plenty of experience with codependence. When her husband’s drinking was spiralling out of control, she had to make unimaginably difficult decisions with her family’s survival hanging in…

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  • Addiction
  • Alcohol
  • Relationship

Ep55 – The 2 Keys to Ending the Alcoholism Epidemic

  • September 28, 2020
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Gray Area Drinking, Marriage, Public Policy, Recovering Out Loud, Recovery, Sobriety

Being a part of the alcoholism recovery community is all about putting out fires that are already started. That’s important, but that’s not what this conversation is about. In this episode, Sheri and Matt talk…

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  • Addiction
  • Alcohol

Ep34 – Pandemic Policy Fuels Epic Liquor Store Lines

  • March 26, 2020
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Public Policy

On our first remotely recorded episode due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Matt and Debbie Scheer discuss the public policy decision that threw Denver into chaos. The mayor announced that liquor stores and marijuana dispensaries were…

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